OUR MISSION: To advance the development and adoption of technologies that improve Australia’s transport systems, through high impact R&D collaborations.
iMOVE is the national centre for transport and smart mobility R&D in Australia. We create multi-party collaborations that improve the sustainable movement of people and goods using technology and data.
We are a not-for-profit funded by the Federal government to deliver research outcomes and impact that benefit our project partners, our communities, our industries, and our country. This means safer, more sustainable, more efficient and more equitable transport systems nationwide.
iMOVE work continuously with its partners, and industry, in their R&D journey.
From shaping ideas and getting projects neatly off the ground, through to delivering the final outcomes and seeing the next opportunity.
We can help.
Ian Christensen – iMOVE MD
BREADTH OF R&D – OUR RESEARCH THEMES
Our research program is divided into four themes outlined below. This breadth means we can undertake research in almost any transport and mobility area.
- Connected and autonomous vehicles
- Working from Home
- Smart infrastructure
- Cybersecurity
- Transport demand modelling
- Land use
- Network use & prediction
- Road safety
- Strategic transport models
- Environmental and social
- Future fuels / alternative fuels
- Movement and Place
- Low/zero emissions
- Urban freight shifts
- Transport sector employment
- Charging infrastructure
- Transport sector workforce
- Urban freight planning
- Last mile delivery
- Drones
- Freight data
- Supply chain
- Data sharing
- Mobility as a Service
- Parking management
- Share vehicles
- Urban mobility
- Community transport
- Transport equity
- Micromobility: Scooters, bikes
THE PROJECT PROCESS
Our services include:
- End-to-end project facilitation
- Assistance to refine ideas into project outcomes
- Development of project agreements
- Project progress visibility – access to our custom-built portal to see project info, progress reports
- Mediation of issues
- Connecting you to other useful people and organisations
- Providing co-funding
- Procuring expertise – providing proposals and options from our research partners
- Project progress oversight
- Management of milestone approvals and payments
- Promote outcomes / disseminate knowledge
Typical project stages are outlined below. You may not need assistance with all of these stages, but we will work with you to determine where we can best support you to achieve your goals.
MORE ABOUTS PROJECTS AND FUNDING
Projects have a minimum of three partners: an industry/government lead, a research partner and iMOVE itself, with all partners contributing funding to the project.
We receive funding from the government to boost R&D in the transport sector. We manage our centre administration costs using this funding, so your dollars are spent only on your research projects.
The percentages of who contributes what varies depending on things like:
- Whether the lead project party is a foundation partner
- What Commonwealth funding is available through iMOVE
- How many partners are involved in the project